When an ancient Spanish fishing village that dates from the Phoenician era is suddenly thrust into the modern world, a loving couple tries to discover what the disruption is all about. They discover a complex tale of literary fiction, adventure, mystery, suspense, myth, romance and Spanish history unlike any other ever told, with intriguing twists and turns hidden in a cave beneath the village. As in earlier novels, described by critics as “marvelously extraordinary, eccentric and bizarre,” Peter Kelton’s characters emerge from their white-washed village homes in a parade of lust and occasional betrayal, sauntering through and sometimes tripping over basic truths about human nature. As in all his novels the author remains steady in his belief that well-written literary fiction doesn’t have to be high-brow; it has to embrace ideas about destiny in a storyline that holds the readers’ attention.